Scott Smith

Scott Smith (21 October 1948-4 February 1995) was an American gay rights activist and the partner of prominent San Francisco politician Harvey Milk during the 1970s.

Biography
Scott Smith was born on 21 October 1948 in Key West, Florida, and he attended Memphis State University before moving to New York City in 1969. He met Harvey Milk on a subway platform on Milk's birthday, and Milk convinced him to give him company on his birthday, beginning a romantic relationship with him. In 1972, they moved to San Francisco after running away together, and Milk opened a camera shop after Smith cashed in his last unemployment check. From 1974 to 1977, Smith organized Milk's political campaigns, and he organized a boycott of Coors beers. Smith fell into severe depression after Milk was assassinated in 1978, and he died of HIV/AIDS-related pneumonia in 1995.